Wanda Halbert, the current county clerk, lost the Democratic nomination for Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk to state Rep. Joe Towns Jr. on Tuesday, May 5, by a 121-vote margin according to unofficial totals.
“They’re killing an iconic American city,” said U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, who flew in to join Tuesday’s protest. “It’s a terrible day for Memphis and it’s a terrible day for Tennessee.” Anger, disbelief and solidarity: How Memphians in Nashville are reacting to proposed redistricting Tennessee Legislature’s special session starts today. Here’s how it could goRelated content:
As a state takeover looms, voters retained two Memphis-Shelby County Schools incumbents seeking re-election, according to unofficial election results from the board’s first-ever partisan primaries held Tuesday, May 5.
“The more they tried to explain it, the worse it got,” said Patrick Lawton, former Germantown city administrator.
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Most in the 11-candidate field talked about specific changes to the office that issues new vehicle tags, car titles and collects registration fees in addition to issuing marriage licenses and business permits.
Four Shelby County Board of Commissioners races now have their final pairings for the August general election.
Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Anthony Buckner won the Shelby County Democratic primary for sheriff Tuesday.
The winner of the Democratic primary will meet former state Rep. John DeBerry, the Republican nominee, in the August general election race to succeed outgoing Mayor Lee Harris.
There were 57,164 early and absentee ballots in Shelby County prior to Tuesday’s Election Day. That batch of votes is the first counted by the election commission.
Six of the Shelby County Commission races were either decided or their general election match-ups were already set prior to Election Day.
The two women who were wounded were bystanders when one of those in the argument opened fire, Memphis police said.
“We’re trying to combat loneliness,” said the operator of Second Helpings Cafe.
Hundreds flooded around the state capitol to protest a Republican plan to redraw the state’s congressional map, effectively removing the one Democratic voice Tennessee has in Washington D.C.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch recently cleared the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office of wrongdoing in a fatal 2024 shooting. But the family of Jamarcus Brown is now suing in federal court over his death.
Follow The Daily Memphian’s election coverage for regular updates throughout the evening.
Republicans begin the process of redistricting Tennessee’s congressional maps today, and hope to finish by Thursday. Here’s what that process will look like.
Polls are open across Shelby County from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 5. Here’s some helpful info if you are voting today.
A special session of the Tennessee General Assembly starts today — the same day as the Shelby County primary.
Shelby County will back an MSCS lawsuit, the Chamber looks for a new leader and a taproom is ghosting Beale.
Here’s what is at stake and what to look for in the vote totals Tuesday evening.
Shelby County commissioners voted to take money from county reserve funds to pay the possible cost of suing the state over a pending state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
St. Mary’s officially has a replacement for when current head Albert Throckmorton retires.
All three Arlington school board incumbents on Tuesday’s ballot are unopposed in the Republican Primary. With no Democrats running for the offices, the trio are set for another term.
The FBI probe of Rep. Torrey Harris centers on suspicions of an improper political action committee.